Survey Report

YouGov Survey Results

Sample Size: 1094 Adults (18+) in Scotland Fieldwork: 21st - 25th January 2021 Vote in 2019 EU Ref 2016 Indy Ref Gender Age Social Grade

Lib Total Con Lab SNP Remain Leave Yes No Male Female 18-24 25-49 50-64 65+ ABC1 C2DE Dem

Weighted Sample 1094 210 155 80 376 554 315 424 525 526 568 116 443 281 254 569 525 Unweighted Sample 1094 210 164 81 407 572 304 395 499 474 620 120 433 270 271 615 479 % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

What you have seen or heard about the Alex Salmond inquiry and how it relates to Nicola Sturgeon, do you think each of the following has or has not generally told the truth? Alex Salmond Has generally told the truth 13 20 12 13 14 11 20 16 12 17 9 11 10 16 15 13 12 Has not generally told the truth 50 64 60 59 42 54 53 39 61 49 51 46 48 51 55 51 49 Don’t know 37 16 29 28 44 35 27 45 27 34 40 43 43 33 31 36 40 Nicola Sturgeon Has generally told the truth 30 7 31 14 49 36 22 41 21 26 35 39 33 26 28 32 29 Has not generally told the truth 36 81 41 52 13 32 54 20 54 45 29 26 29 43 46 37 36 Don’t know 33 13 29 34 38 32 24 39 25 29 36 36 38 31 26 31 36

Alex Salmond has accused Nicola Sturgeon of misleading parliament. Sturgeon has rejected these accusations, but has referred herself for an independent investigation. If this investigation found that she did mislead parliament, do you think she should or should not resign as First Minister? Should resign 50 87 55 63 27 46 67 35 66 59 43 43 44 57 58 53 48 Should not resign 29 6 24 22 47 33 20 45 17 27 31 31 33 26 26 29 30 Don’t know 20 7 21 15 25 21 13 20 17 15 26 26 23 17 17 19 22

Sample Size: 1094 Adults (18+) in Scotland Fieldwork: 21st - 25th January 2021 Scottish Region Alex Salmond Nicola Sturgeon Mid- Has not North East Highlands & South West Has generally Don’t Has generally Has not generally Don’t Total Central Scotland & Lothians Glasgow generally told Scotland Islands Scotland Scotland told the truth know told the truth told the truth know Fife the truth Weighted Sample 1094 163 100 164 113 126 125 173 130 139 546 410 333 399 362 Unweighted Sample 1094 169 110 166 110 115 124 173 127 140 554 400 351 384 359 % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

What you have seen or heard about the Alex Salmond inquiry and how it relates to Nicola Sturgeon, do you think each of the following has or has not generally told the truth? Alex Salmond Has generally told the truth 13 12 12 10 15 11 13 16 13 100 0 0 17 19 1 Has not generally told the truth 50 51 49 54 46 52 52 50 46 0 100 0 59 75 13 Don’t know 37 37 39 37 39 37 35 35 41 0 0 100 24 6 85 Nicola Sturgeon Has generally told the truth 30 28 23 32 32 25 34 36 30 41 36 19 100 0 0 Has not generally told the truth 36 39 39 32 30 43 36 35 39 55 55 5 0 100 0 Don’t know 33 33 38 36 38 32 30 29 32 4 9 75 0 0 100

Alex Salmond has accused Nicola Sturgeon of misleading parliament. Sturgeon has rejected these accusations, but has referred herself for an independent investigation. If this investigation found that she did mislead parliament, do you think she should or should not resign as First Minister? Should resign 50 52 51 48 45 53 54 50 51 65 57 37 26 85 35 Should not resign 29 25 29 28 32 25 31 35 28 30 31 27 59 9 23 Don’t know 20 24 20 24 22 22 15 16 21 5 12 36 15 6 42